SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Faculty Scholarship | |
| Increase activity by Health and Kinesiology faculty in presentations, publications, grants submitted, and dollars awarded. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Presentations Support and encourage Health and Kinesiology faculty to increase number of presentations and increase funds for travel to professional conferences. |
| Criteria | Presentations 80% of the Health and Kinesiology faculty will make at least one professional presentation during the 2006-2007 academic year. Travel funds will be increased from previous year. |
| Finding | Presentations All tenure and tenure-track faculty in the department are making an average of two or more professional presentations annually. |
| Indicator | Faculty Publications Support and encourage Health and Kinesiology faculty to increase number of faculty publications. |
| Criteria | Publications 80% of the Health and Kinesiology faculty will have at least one publication during the 2006-2007 academic year. |
| Finding | Publications All tenure and tenure-track faculty in the Department of Health and Kinesiology are actively engaged in producing scholarly products in their sub-disciplines. |
| Action | Presentations Continue to support faculty presentations. Seek additional funds to support faculty travel to present their research. Department increased faculty travel from $1,000.00 per faculty to $1,500.00 per faculty for 2007-2008. Presentation data will be used for annual FES and merit consideration. |
| Action | Publications Continue to support faculty research and publications. Encourage faculty to seek out more tier I and II journals to have their work published. Data will be used for annual FES, promotions and tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Objective | Increase Faculty Size | |
| Increase the number of full-time faculty members to teach in Health and Kinesiology academic programs. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Hiring New Faculty Successful negotiation of contracts with new full-time faculty members. |
| Criteria | Faculty Hiring New full-time faculty members are successfully hired in department of Health and Kinesiology. |
| Finding | Faculty Hiring Two new highly qualified, full-time tenured track faculty were hired during the 2006-2007 academic. |
| Action | Faculty Hiring Continue to recruit, hire, and maintain highly qualified faculty to teach in the department. |
| Objective | Professional Service | |
| Increased numbers of Health and Kinesiology faculty serving and seeking to serve as leaders and committee members in professional organizations. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Service Increased numbers of Health and Kinesiology faculty serving and seeking to serve as leaders and committee members in professional organizations. |
| Criteria | Professional Service 70% of Health and Kinesiology faculty will have service engagement in one or more professional organizations. |
| Finding | Professional Service 100% of faculty are assigned to numerous professional committees at the local and state levels. |
| Action | Professional Service Continue to support and encourage service contributions from all faculty. Seek meaningful incentives for faculty that are highly active in service. Data will be used for annual FES, promotions and tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Objective | Teaching Effectiveness | |
| Health and kinesiology full-time tenure-track faculty will score at or above the national average on the IDEA Evaluation Instrument. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Teaching Scores Teaching scores obtained from IDEA Evaluation Instrument. |
| Criteria | IDEA Scores 80% of full-time faculty will score at or above the national average on the IDEA Evaluation Instrument. |
| Finding | IDEA Scores Target met. All full-time tenure-track faculty scored at or above the national average on the IDEA Evaluation Instrument. |
| Action | IDEA Scores Continue to support and provide resources for faculty to sustain their teaching effectiveness. |
| Objective | Degree Programs | |
| Examine and modify degree programs in the department to comply with state requirements. Associated Goals: Quality And Effectiveness |
| Indicator | Undergraduate Degree Program Reduction in undergraduate degree requirements for graduation as a result of state mandate. |
| Criteria | Degree Plans Reduction Undergraduate degree programs meet the 120 hours state mandate. |
| Finding | Degree Plans Reduction All degree plan options in the Department of Health and Kinesiology are reduced to the 120 degree hour state mandate. |
| Action | Degree Plans Reduction Inform students of this change. Include 120 degree plans in the 2008-2010 undergraduate catalog. Adjust the articulation agreement to reflect 120 degree plans. Continue to update course content in each of the 120 degree plans as needed. |
| Objective | Student Knowledge | |
| Students will enhance skills and increase knowledge to achieve a successful internship experience. Associated Goals: Quality And Effectiveness |
| Indicator | Student Internship Students perform successfully at an approved internship site. |
| Criteria | Field Experience Required hours of the field experience are: health major - 400 hours, health minor - 200 hours, graduate health major - 300 hours, kinesiology (exercise science) - 480 hours, graduate sport management - 6 credit hours. |
| Finding | Internship All interns received a rating of "above average" or "excellent" from the agency''s internship supervisors. |
| Action | Internship Continue to monitor the successful internship experience of students and modify if needed. |
| Objective | Articulations And Partnerships | |
| Network with community colleges to increase Health and Kinesiology programs awareness and partnerships development. Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Partnerships Completed health and kinesiology programs articulation agreements are placed on the SHSU official articulation web-page. |
| Criteria | Networking Health and kinesiology articulation agreements finalized and published on SHSU articulation web-page. |
| Finding | Networking Published department articulation of academic programs on the SHSU articulation web-page. |
| Action | Recruitment Activities Continue to foster and build multi-level collaborative partnerships for the purposes of recruiting students and faculty. |
| Objective | Increase Enrollments | |
| Implement recruitment plan to increase enrollment in undergraduate and graduate Health and Kinesiology academic programs. Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Recruitment Of Students Log all recruitment activities and numbers of brochures used to recruit undergraduate and graduate students. |
| Criteria | Recruitment Activities Department will participate in at least five published recruitment events during 2006-2007. |
| Finding | Recruitment Activities The Department had visibility in the following recruitment events: SHSU Destination Graduation – Spring 06, Fall 06, Spring 07, Fall 07; Saturday @ SAM – Spring 06, Fall 06, Spring 07, Fall 07; Five (5) off-campus visits - Spring 06, Fall 06, Spring 07, Fall 07 (2); Off campus visits were in Harris and Leon counties. |
| Action | Increase Enrollments Department faculty will be encouraged to participate in numerous events on campus for the purpose of recruiting undergraduate and graduate students to the various program tracks in the Department of Health and Kinesiology Academic programs. |